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• Sweet genes – not sweet dreams - could explain why a bad night’s sleep makes you older

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/sleep

  New funding support to research teams at University of Leicester to study sleep’s effects on ageing epigenetics Changes to our DNA occur as we get older and could be affected by sleep disturbance Scientists aim to find out whether this epigenetic clock plays a...

• Lord Sugar hails Leicester medic’s campaign to rename condition to avoid fatal mix-ups

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/diabetes-insipidus-avp-d-sugar

  A Leicester medic has successfully campaigned to change the name of a rare but potentially fatal condition, with the backing of businessman and TV personality Lord Sugar.

• African American Members of the U.S.Congress, 1870-2020

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/11/african-american-members-of-the-u-s-congress-1870-2020/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 11, 2021 The latest Congressional research service report now has updated data. It incudes total numbers, data on each congress and party affiliations.

• John Lewis window shoppers can find out about the University of Leicester’s Black history makers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/bhm-john-lewis

  John Lewis shoppers will be able to find out about the University of Leicester’s Black history makers during October.

• New Medical Schools Council report highlights Leicester’s COVID-19 research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/msc-covid-19

  The real-world impact of Leicester research into COVID-19 and its effects has been commended by the Medical Schools Council.

• Career-boosting sessions for University of Leicester students mark International Women’s Day

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/university-leicester-international-womens-day-events

  University of Leicester students with an eye on their future careers will be able to take part in three International Women’s Day initiatives with an employability slant.

• A graduate’s perspective on innovations in learning and teaching

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/11/18/a-graduates-perspective-on-innovations-in-learning-and-teaching/

  Posted by Tamara Jowhire in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on November 18, 2016 I am a recent Chemistry graduate from the University of Leicester, and I am currently working as an intern at the Leicester Learning Institute.

• Urgent action required to protect world’s coral reefs from disappearing within three decades, warn experts

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/coral-reefs

  In 2018 the Vibrant Oceans group identified 50 reefs that are most likely to resist and survive climate change. The habitats are located largely in the Pacific and Indian oceans, with further reefs in the Caribbean and east of Africa.

• Prabhleen sets her sights on breaking down language barriers for Leicester’s new mums

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/nhs-midwifery

  As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service, here we take a look at a story from Prabhleen Mann, who qualified in 2022 as a midwife from the University of Leicester.

• Breakthrough molecular movie reveals DNA’s unzipping mechanism with implications for viral and cancer treatments

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/dna-helix-microscopy-cancer

  Scientists at the University of Leicester have captured the first detailed “molecular movie” showing DNA being unzipped at the atomic level